Daily Answers

9-across – One distanced from decorative weaving, eccentrically performed : OVERACTED

10-across – 12 I think is superb : IRATE

11-across – Order a drink, knocking a bit back, having had the bottle : DARED

12-across – This rope keeps ship in line : CROSSWORD

13-across – 12 king of Norway back on the buzzer : BEEFALO

14-across – Male who may charge to follow tenacious type : BULLDOG

17-across – Unpleasant type retired over 12, as opposed to 28 : TIGON

19-across – Bloody 12! : RED

20-across – Suppose pub out of drink : GUESS

21-across – Long way back, however, round winding road : YEARDOT

22-across – Guardian gets into 12? : TANGELO

24-across – Moment taken to delete north in 26 signals : MORSECODE

26-across – Run old transport, not reaching home : EXTRA

28-across – 12 51 land, not many : LIGER

29-across – 12 disguising its centre : INTERSECT

1-down – 12 costing an old penny? : FORD

2-down – 12 stuff’s received English : GEORGE

3-down – Got through a lot of work and read her novel : HARDEARNED

4-down – Minor injuries turning up supported by firm plaster : STUCCO

5-down – Commercials or plot made into a film : ADSORBED

6-down – 12 some think is superb : KISS

7-down – Vessel providing shelter for terribly old pet : CANOODLE

8-down – Metal the most important part : LEAD

13-down – Nuts dry in tree : BATTY

15-down – 12 began to be converted into vehicle : LOGANBERRY

16-down – Doctrine in spirit is a contrivance : GISMO

18-down – Top Gear, where juvenile presenter finally breaks into jokes : GLADRAGS

19-down – To equip with new parts, strong lever ultimately has to lift it : RETROFIT

22-down – Figure disappeared through borders of Tuscany : TWENTY

23-down – Book 3’s out : ESTHER

24-down – 12 on foot : MULE

25-down – King’s heading to the bottom – lower rank : EARL

27-down – Singer for whom composer knows no limits : ALTO

9-across – Merops is the son of a Welshman with love for America : APIVOROUS

10-across – Could be Barbara, but if 20 : SANTA

11-across – End of the matter invaded by males : EPHESUS

12-across – One giving birth to insect : ADAMANT

13-across – Kin to waterproof in which to paint : OILS

14-across – Ruth absent from such : HARDBITTEN

15-across – One 23 shaken by banshee : HASBEEN

17-across – Insert first section of 26’s film subject : SERVANT

19-across – No streaky game? : BACKGAMMON

22-across – First red card in Indonesia : ACEH

23-across – The unfinished, unbegun legal judgments either side of the week : THATWAS

24-across – Knowing one’s stuff – but when shall I do the downs? : CLUEDUP

26-across – Mislay unknown director : LOSEY

27-across – Issue featuring men smitten with Greece : EMERGENCE

1-down – Have a little drink, man! Courage! Get addicted! : TAKETOTHEBOTTLE

2-down – Man commonly said to be so when wearing kilt? : NICHOLAS

3-down – Girl about 13 : LOIS

4-down – Director of The Apple Cart? : COXSWAIN

5-down – Fascist worthy encircles south German forest : OSWALD

6-down – Quarters sound more friendly where branches are trained : ESPALIER

7-down – The truth is what happens below : INFACT

8-down – Spread white paint on gap for such an 18 : WAITINGTOHAPPEN

16-down – Side roads for inserting words? : EDGEWAYS

17-down – Hot day for reptile turning into female on river : SCORCHER

18-down – 26’s work by 2 21: who he is shows in how he talks : ACCIDENT

20-down – Injurious sounding part of sentence : CLAUSE

21-down – See 5 : MOSLEY

25-down – Impulse for our generation : URGE

1-across – Original S with martyr close to martyry : ALBANY

4-across – Original S reportedly no longer flying : CONCORD

9-across – This pattern flattens fields in the US : GRIDIRONS

10-across – 18th S – don’t get out make-up : BATON

11-across – Dip falling sharply : STEEP

12-across – English mother, mother arising : EMANATIVE

13-across – Original S finally losing way, soldier claimed : ATLANTA

15-across – 28th S car : AUSTIN

17-across – One’s stirring a portion of Italian – the macaroni : ANTHEM

19-across – Girl has to go over time : BRIDGET

22-across – Bird with separate crest : PARTRIDGE

24-across – Smack son punching sweet man? : TASTE

26-across – Peaceful individual keeping element of nuclear reactor behind back : HINDU

27-across – Lesser runner in last metre, collapsing : STREAMLET

28-across – The check contained by it : THEREIN

29-across – Father’s almond confection : OLDMAN

1-down – 23rd S, great area : AUGUSTA

2-down – 43rd S, those who will be themselves, we hear? : BOISE

3-down – Catch a drink – one’s hammered : NAILPUNCH

4-down – One animal eats another with a Neapolitan ice cream : CASSATA

5-down – Superb cake turned up in old African region : NUBIA

6-down – Getting on ain’t big, ain’t clever : OBTAINING

7-down – 38th S tragically no longer flying : DENVER

8-down – 34th S continued being upset about old African leader : TOPEKA

14-down – Far-reaching agricultural conclusion applied to farm : LONGRANGE

16-down – 32nd S – I’m no devil! : SAINTPAUL

18-down – 30th S – so sane is off? : MADISON

19-down – Black drug pusher unable to focus : BLEARY

20-down – Original S with flower on : TRENTON

21-down – In the lead, go for result : UPSHOT

23-down – See 10 : ROUGE

25-down – 33rd S has fair male : SALEM

1-across – Sort of trance finds pussy cheering : CATATONIC

6-across – A don with knot twice untied expresses doubt : IDONT

9-across – See 6 : KNOWWHATTOTHINK

10-across – See 22 : RELY

11-across – Island hospital authorised assistance in crucial blow : HOKKAIDO

14-across – Pure gel mixed on Sunday is sure to stick : SUPERGLUE

15-across – Mechanism Queen versus … thus getting around : SERVO

16-across – See 14 down : THIEF

18-across – Flower for reporter to dispose of and eat? : CELANDINE

20-across – See 14 down : TOCATCHA

21-across – See 4 : MISS

25-across – Church business done in back of bus contrary to canon law? : INSUBORDINATION

26-across – Ludicrous affair not close to church : FARCE

27-across – Last bend on French river requires stamina : ENDURANCE

1-down – Director’s expression of surprise about country : CUKOR

2-down – Spinner about to bowl a fast one : TROLLOP

3-down – Have time to lead London? : TOWN

4-down – Stingy girl approaching bull : NEAR

5-down – Collar’n’tie fouled with oil : CITRONELLA

6-down – Whittaker’s part : ITTAKESONE

7-down – Much more angry having lost part of dress circle at opening of theatre : OLIVIER

8-down – See 6 : TOKNOWONE

12-down – Labourer keeping fit with sailor bringing return : PROFITABLE

13-down – Apocalyptic beast in chalk – sober? Drunk – it should be white : BLACKHORSE

14-down – Advice to Scotland Yard about reporter’s knickers : SETATHIEF

17-down – Among first of collection is gold tooth : INCISOR

19-down – Amin in country concerned with pupil’s surroundings : IRIDIAN

22-down – After trust, after writing : SINCE

23-down – See 24 : WIND

24-down – Aid to progress of Irish success in caprice : FAIR

1-across – North’s devious ending of the royal supporter : THRONE

5-across – Sound of cow giving birth under a diner, perhaps : CARVER

8-across – Stomach 75% oversize? This will flatten it! : BEARHUG

9-across – Crafty threat, during negotiations, of crumbling bun in butter : GUNBOAT

11-across – Reckon sex allied to Nazi doctrine soundly sums up Stalin’s way : TOTALITARIANISM

12-across – See 26 : BACK

13-across – You could drive on it, whip round, then do point-to-point : GOLFCOURSE

17-across – Principal recovered from the effects of county division : OVERRIDING

18-across – Second hit in a row : SPAT

20-across – Be acutely aware Ken has an obsession: to row at sea : KNOWATHINGORTWO

23-across – Snappy press gang getting Jack back on deck : RATPACK

24-across – Sleepers quite taken by this trendy new reporter on the Guardian : INCUBUS

25-across – US TV series is after Stone – Mick Jagger? : ROCKER

26-across – Chair needs council’s tip on summer finance : LADDER

2-down – Bottle each overcome sorrow : HEARTACHE

3-down – Where the cargo space hatch is waiting to be connected? : ONHOLD

4-down – Doubled up three times out of delight : EIGHTFOLD

5-down – Very sad, losing head and going up in smoke : CIGAR

6-down – Hired demonstrators rude to barmen : RENTAMOB

7-down – Strain: it really makes you sick : ECOLI

8-down – It combats angina flutter with a type of blood container : BETABLOCKER

10-down – Passionate, excited – toupee must start to slip! : TEMPESTUOUS

14-down – Monetary vertical projection by party has Ali in a spin : FINANCIAL

15-down – Note rising up worktop’s upright : REPUTABLE

16-down – It never took off and now it has died out : GREATAUK

19-down – Contrived detachment, perhaps, on date : FORCED

21-down – Cap that’s hardly fashionable at party : OUTDO

22-down – Pedestrian type who makes president in short time : HIKER